"Nathan Rubin died because he got brave." Chap. 1, p. 1

"Holly had been a stock analyst on Wall Street before applying to join the FBI. Nobody was clear why she'd made the change. She had some kind of exalted connections, and some kind of illustrious father, and the easy guess was she wanted to impress him somehow. Nobody knew for sure whether the old guy was impressed or not, but the feeling was he damn well ought to be." Chap. 5, p. 21

"Life was built on freak chances, however much people would like to pretend otherwise." Chap. 9, p. 44

"'Your father is the most important military man in America, right? That's why you've been kidnapped, Holly, for God's sake. These guys don't want Holly Johnson, FBI agent. The whole FBI thing is incidental. These guys want General Johnson's daughter.'" Chap. 15, p. 81

"But he'd known guys with famous parents. The sons...